Four Harmonies and Good Fortune

Chapter 131 Choice
After Xie Yuyan finished speaking, the room became even quieter.

Mrs. He stared intently at the crowd, fearing someone might agree; thankfully…

Just as Madam He was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she saw someone walk out. She first bowed to Xie Yuyan, and then whispered in Xie Yuyan's ear.

That person was Yu's mother.

He's lips trembled. She wanted to curse the old servant, but no sound came out of her throat. Moreover, more clansmen whispered among themselves and then came forward in twos and threes.

He vaguely heard some words reaching her ears.

“The third branch of the old man was fine the night before, but then he suddenly became unwell.”

"That day I met... Second Madam was going to the kitchen to cook medicine."

“At that time, Qin Ge’er was still young and the Third Sister couldn’t take care of him, so the Second Sister came to the Third House. This was normal.”

"Have you forgotten? The day before, Second Madam was scolded and kicked out of the courtyard by Third Madam. Why did Second Madam go there again?"

"After that, the illnesses of the Third Master and the Third Madam worsened."

With Mama Yu starting, the clansmen present began to speak up, expressing the doubts they had kept hidden in their hearts all those years ago. Soon, their suspicions were confirmed by others, and the clansmen looked at Madam He with a hint of fear.

It wasn't fear of her, but fear of certain methods that the He family might have used.

"Otherwise, please invite the Second Master over."

One sentence reached Madam He's ears, and she finally couldn't stand up anymore, leaning against the wall and slumping to the ground. She recalled the way Yang Mingjing had snatched the prescription.

Should Yang Mingjing protect the second old lady or her?
It was at this time that He realized that her husband was completely unreliable.

"Please invite lawyer Liu over."

Xie Yuyan's calm voice came, and He Shi felt as if her heart had been squeezed. She thought of Zou Shi, who had been dragged away and was still not out of prison.

She didn't want to go to that place.

Most importantly, once she's inside, if she's falsely accused, her life will be in danger.

“It wasn’t me,” Mrs. He finally broke down, “It wasn’t me.”

"I went back to the third house because I heard the old lady ask the doctor to think of a way to prescribe medicine for the third master and the third lady. The doctor said that the aconite he had specially prepared would definitely be effective, but it was very expensive, costing at least one large silver ingot per dose."

"I found it strange that the medicine was so expensive. I wanted to listen further, but the two old ladies took the doctor to the suite to talk..."

"I couldn't believe something was wrong, so I sneaked over to the third room to see what was in the medicine they had prepared. And sure enough, I found something that looked like aconite in the medicine pot."

Zhang's eyes widened upon hearing this.

Yang Qin, who was standing next to him, realized what was happening and looked surprised. After he came to his senses, he became extremely angry, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

"I couldn't tell the difference, so I didn't make a fuss."

"That night, the Third Master passed away, and a few days later the Third Madam also passed away."

Even Zhang, who was usually mild-mannered, gripped her handkerchief tightly, her red eyes fixed on He: "You killed the old master and the old lady."

How could you be so cruel?

"you……"

The intense emotional turmoil caused Zhang's vision to blur for a moment.

Yu's mother and Yang Qin rushed forward to help her up.

"They said it was a heart ailment." "When the old man suddenly passed away, the old woman was so anxious that she fainted and then could no longer speak. After a few days, she also passed away."

“The old master has been ill for a long time, and the doctor said he probably wouldn’t make it through the winter, so I didn’t suspect anything… The old lady said the doctor said she was too heartbroken.”

"The coroner came to examine the body but didn't say anything was wrong."

"It's all my fault. It's all my fault."

Zhang murmured, "If I had thought about it any longer..."

At that time, only she and her two children remained in the third wife's household.

"When the person died, the clansmen said they came to attend the funeral, but in reality they wanted money and valuables. There were also outsiders who came with debt documents owed by the old master and wanted to take things from the house without saying a word."

"Later, it was the second grandfather and the second grandmother who stepped in and calmed the clansmen down. They also helped me verify that the debt document was fake. Only then did I trust the second branch of the family and let them help me with the funeral."

"It was precisely because they interfered in the funeral that they were able to cover it up so easily."

Zhang choked up as she said, "I'm so sorry to the old man and the old woman."

Xie Yuyan could imagine the scene. The three closest people in the family had all passed away, and Zhang Shi still had two young children. The house was crowded with creditors.

Having finally secured the help of the second wife, Zhang, given her character, would not doubt them.

Zhang said, "Over the years, I thought that the second branch of the family had taken control of the Yang family, made money, and gradually changed their nature. It turns out that they were always venomous."

Madam He said, "It was all the Second Madam's idea, it has nothing to do with me."

“The prescription that the doctor gave to the Third Master was something I managed to keep with great difficulty,” Madam He said. “Now… it’s in my husband’s hands.”

Xie Yuyan was surprised that Madam He could still preserve evidence. She looked at Mama Yu and said, "Please invite the Second Master over!"

When Yu Mama went to invite Yang Mingjing, Madam He became even more agitated. After a moment of patience, she looked at the servants around her and told them to go and call Yang Cheng. Then, remembering that Yang Cheng was not in Daming Prefecture, she told them to go and call Yang Shen instead.

Now, in Mrs. He's heart, the only ones who can shelter her from the wind and rain and stand by her side are her two sons.

After enduring this torment for a long time, footsteps approached, and Madam He immediately looked over, only to see Yang Mingjing stride into the house.

Before Xie Yuyan could speak, Madam He stumbled to her feet and lunged at Yang Mingjing.

"Master, master, please bring out the prescription," Madam He pleaded, seemingly with all her might. "Please, stop covering for them. Hand over the prescription and tell them the truth. I didn't kill anyone. I wasn't the one who killed them."

As she spoke, Ms. He covered her chest with her hands, and when she mentioned that she was not the one who committed the murder, her hands kept waving.

Before entering, Yang Mingjing was still wondering what had happened. Upon hearing He Shi's words, his expression immediately changed, and he looked anxiously at Xie Yuyan.

Xie Yuyan sat in the chair, his eyes clear, reflecting his current state of panic.

"Second Uncle," Xie Yuyan asked, "is what Second Aunt said true?"

He held Yang Mingjing's legs tightly, and He's tears fell onto his robe.

He still smelled of medicine; he had been helping his mother take her medicine before he arrived.

One was the woman who bore him children, the other was his mother who gave birth to him. How could he choose? He snatched the prescription back then because he dared not think about these things.

I thought this matter was over, but I never expected...

He should have realized long ago that, given Xie Yuyan's personality, he wouldn't let them get through New Year's Day peacefully.

(End of this chapter)